Experience

k2 Pure Solutions

• Canada
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Engineer

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Olin

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Engineer

  • Jul 2020 - Jun 2023

  Monitor KPI's, samples, and parameters on process equipment to optimize utility usage and ensure production specifications are met for customers. Developed and executed trial to reduce fuel gas and nitrogen utilities on the flare. This resulted in a 50% reduction in utility usage, realizing a cost savings of $20,000 per year. Worked with operations team to develop operating discipline to clear piping on critical process equipment containing water to prevent damage during winter storms. Conducted RCA and implemented corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Work with operations team to complete pre-work for plant turnarounds such as isolations, operating procedures for clearing and cleaning equipment, and management of changes for all field changes. Evaluated current relief device inspection intervals, and extended inspection intervals on relief devices that showed consistent passing inspections resulting in $10,000 per year in savings. Interface with environmental group when conducting annual reporting and addressing deviations year to year. Show less



Office of Engineering Professional Practice

• Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Co-Lead Student Ambassador

  • Aug 2018 - Jul 2020

  Help engineering students with resumes, interviewing, and networking skills to help them obtain undergraduate industry experience. Co-Lead duties (Effective August 2019): Manage scheduling and shift changes for 32 ambassadors for the engineering cookout and engineering expo. Lead the promotion of the program through social media. Help engineering students with resumes, interviewing, and networking skills to help them obtain undergraduate industry experience. Co-Lead duties (Effective August 2019): Manage scheduling and shift changes for 32 ambassadors for the engineering cookout and engineering expo. Lead the promotion of the program through social media.



Energy Transfer

• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Conducted pipe roughness and efficiency study to show how current gas pipeline model parameters match historical data, and for commercial validation, demonstrated how pipeline models require a conservative capacity estimate. Analyzed gas inlet composition for new processing plant to properly size equipment and determine liquid dropout from the inlet stream. Conducted pipe roughness and efficiency study to show how current gas pipeline model parameters match historical data, and for commercial validation, demonstrated how pipeline models require a conservative capacity estimate. Analyzed gas inlet composition for new processing plant to properly size equipment and determine liquid dropout from the inlet stream.



Southern Power

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• EPC Intern

  • May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Created, presented, and acquired approval for a business case seeking to purchase a drone to capture aerial imagery of construction sites. Cost avoidance adds up to $100K per project by implementing in-house drone technology to capture aerial imagery. Analyzed construction contracts and separated obligations of each party represented in order to efficiently track obligation deadlines. Created, presented, and acquired approval for a business case seeking to purchase a drone to capture aerial imagery of construction sites. Cost avoidance adds up to $100K per project by implementing in-house drone technology to capture aerial imagery. Analyzed construction contracts and separated obligations of each party represented in order to efficiently track obligation deadlines.



Kimberly-Clark

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineering Co-op

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  Department: Adult Feminine Care, Research and Engineering Developed a test method that replicates in process conditions to test for product integrity. Using the developed test method gathered and analyzed data to recommend process improvements to provide a better consumer experience. Developing this test method allowed for a cheaper and more efficient way of recommending process changes to improve product attributes rather than performing a trial on the production machine. Show less



Kimberly-Clark Professional

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineering Co-op

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  Department: Hand Towel and Bath Tissue Manufacturing Projects: Reduced basis weight variability in hand towels by 50%. Performed bench testing and analyzed data to deliver changes needed to be made to the process. Created a standard procedure to safely remove glue off of a core in order to prevent injury to operators. Recommended changes in process to reduce waste in hand towel converting assets by conducting a waste study. Maintained tensile strength quality tests and decreased chemical usage by 60% by doing a chemical trial in hand towels. Created a trial plan, communicated with tissue manufacturing and tissue converting operations, and communicated results to recommend executing further trials. Recommended average chemical dosage in tissue manufacturing by conducting chemical trial. Communicated process changes to tissue converting operations to ensure no downstream effects. Show less